Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. Discovery team up for movie deal | hollywood news
Warner Bros Discovery said Tuesday it has struck a deal with Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors, to develop and produce original theatrical films and series in 2024.
The film partnership with Cruise represents a coup for Warner Bros Motion Picture Group co-presidents Michael De Luca and Pam Abdi, and fulfills CEO David Zaslav’s oft-stated desire to work with top talent both behind and in front of the camera.
“Closing a deal with the biggest movie star in the world, Tom Cruise, is critical,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore.
“Talent attracts talent and every studio promotes its formal arrangements with high-profile filmmakers and stars to show the world their commitment to these highly sought-after creators.”
Tom Cruise, who played leading roles in films such as Top Gun, The Last Samurai and Mission: Impossible, will occupy an office in Burbank’s Warner Bros Discovery District, as will stars such as Clint Eastwood and Frank Sinatra.
Over the course of his five-decade career, Cruise’s films have grossed more than $12 billion globally, with the 2022 release of Top Gun: Maverick grossing nearly $1.5 billion, according to measurement firm Comscore. His most recent film, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, grossed $568 million at the worldwide box office.
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The arrangement with Warner Bros. is non-exclusive, as Cruise is working on the next installment in Paramount Pictures’ Mission: Impossible franchise, according to a source.
Warner Bros. and other major studios are working to recover from a long hiatus, with Hollywood writers and subsequent actors leaving their jobs in 2023.
Hollywood writers and actors are on strike to demand higher wages and protection from the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking.
The double whammy shut down much of film and television production, shut down late-night talk shows, and forced broadcast networks to fill TV slots with repeats of reality shows.
The strikes delayed filming of Tom Cruise’s upcoming “Mission: Impossible” film, with production company Paramount Global bearing the brunt of one of the longest work stoppages in the history of the American entertainment industry.
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First uploaded on: 10-01-2024 at 23:11 IST
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